Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Let’s take a breather from doom and gloom. The FCPA and other similar legislation do have a silver lining.
In the process of assuring FCPA and U.K. Bribery Act compliance, organizations are also combating fraud.… Continue Reading
Toby Heaps takes an entrepreneurial approach to fostering corporate responsibility.
In 2002, Heaps, left, co-founded the quarterly Canadian magazine Corporate Knights, whose stated mission is “to humanize the marketplace.” Among its best known features are the annual lists Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World and Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, which recognize companies that practice what Heaps calls “clean capitalism.”… Continue Reading
David Riker, a managing director at Kroll (a sponsor of the FCPA Blog), had this to say today in The Hill’s Congress Blog about efforts by the Chamber of Commerce to change the FCPA:
… Continue ReadingInvoking the rhetoric of a populist manifesto, the Chamber is trying to make the case that increased enforcement of the FCPA has had a chilling effect on U.S.
Jury selection in John O’Shea’s trial is scheduled to start on January 11.
The former ABB manager is being tried in federal court in Houston before Judge Lynn N. Hughes.
He’s charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA, twelve substantive FCPA counts, four counts of international money laundering, and one count of falsifying records in a federal investigation.… Continue Reading
Judge Richard J. Leon on Wednesday reset the date for the retrial of the first four Africa sting defendants.
Andrew Bigelow, Pankesh Patel, John Benson Wier III, and Lee Allen Tolleson will be retried in federal court in Washington, D.C.… Continue Reading
On his Conflict of Interest Blog, Jeff Kaplan talked this week about people from one company serving on another company’s board. He’s not always against it. But he flags COI concerns that can come up.… Continue Reading
There’s no subtle way to say this: We love Shearman & Sterling’s FCPA Digest.
The January 2012 edition is nearly seven hundred pages. In it are every DOJ and SEC enforcement action — catalogued, explained, and analyzed.… Continue Reading
In Tuesday’s post, we looked at corporate FCPA enforcement since 2006. Today we’re going back further.
The years 2000 through 2005 are already ancient FCPA history. There were just fifteen cases and all but two penalties were under $5 million.… Continue Reading
Roy Snell, left, CEO of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, helps set the standards for the compliance profession.
According to its mission statement, SCCE “is dedicated to improving the quality of corporate governance, compliance and ethics.”… Continue Reading
Yesterday we posted our 2011 FCPA enforcement index. Today we look at corporate enforcement for the years from 2006.
Here goes:
In 2011, 15 companies paid $508.6 million in criminal and civil penalties, and in disgorgement and interest.… Continue Reading
Fifteen companies settled FCPA enforcement actions in 2011 by paying a total of $508.6 million.… Continue Reading
